The municipalities of Lusatia are receiving support from the EU in their ambitious plan to become a European model region for structural change. The responsible EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has announced that he will be visiting the region in mid-May, as announced by the Lusatia Round Table. The background to this is the municipal alliance's application to become the first Net-Zero Valley in Europe. Breton wants to see the region's potential for himself, it was said. Among those expected to attend the meeting at the Schwarze Pumpe Industrial Park on the Brandenburg-Saxony border are the Minister Presidents of both federal states, as well as representatives from companies such as Leag and Arcelor Mittal, business associations and universities. "We are ready to become a model region, have good conditions for settling here, and the funding opportunities for structural change are also available," said Christine Herntier, spokesperson for the Lusatian municipalities in Brandenburg, to the German Press Agency. "Our opportunity lies in the industries of the future and if the EU creates these opportunities, we want to take advantage of them."
With the net-zero industry law, Europe wants to strengthen the attractiveness of its business location through faster approval procedures, more targeted training and further education for and for specialists in net-zero technologies and better market access for technologies "Made-in-Europe".
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